STX kept budgets down by exploiting an anomaly in the economics of filmmaking: the bigger the studio, the more it pays its talent.
Eastern European countries did embrace structural reforms during the 1990s that boosted efficiency and productivity, and they have kept budgets balanced since then.
Broadly speaking, governments have to keep budget deficits at 3% of GDP or less, save in "exceptional circumstances"—meaning an annual fall in GDP of 2% or more.
What's left is a serviceable and frugal — if sleepy — sedan and coupe, intended to keep budget buyers coming and rental counters humming.
The Maastricht treaty and its subsequent clarifications decreed a highly independent central bank with a mission to achieve inflation of less than 2%, together with a fiscal "stability pact" (of uncertain status) to keep budget deficits small.
EU treaty rules say euro zone countries must keep budget deficits below 3% of GDP (though some countries are already breaking this rule, putting in question the legitimacy of it).
While thoughtful brides and bridegrooms keep budget in mind when selecting attire, your offer to pay for the groomsmen's suits is especially kind and generous, and it surely will be appreciated by them.
The European Union already has a strict rule book, called the Stability and Growth Pact, which lays down a process to keep budget deficits within strict limits and even has penalties for not doing so.
Look closely at the strange arithmetic that Congress uses to keep budget deficits within bounds.
Wernick laughs, "That's actually true, so, yes, we always had to keep budget in mind".
This helps keep budgets under control.
